| Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6) |
| 3 months to
18 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 32 | 47 | 68 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +15 | +21 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 9 | 3 | 7 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire | 2.206 % | 0.579 % | 0.620 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 3.659 % | 1.176 % | 1.331 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £223 | £750 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £275 | £265 | £307 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.00 | £13.25 | £32.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 246 | 255 | 526 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire | 60.29 % | 49.23 % | 46.59 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 88 | 78 | 106 |
| Average daily rate | £275 | £290 | £363 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £160 | £220 | £250 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £350 | £400 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 58 | 44 | 105 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.50 | £35.00 | £36.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £20.00 | £22.50 | £30.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £36.70 | £45.00 | £45.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £30.00 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VB6 across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
